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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Mondegreen

Every morning, the woman who hands out AM New York at the subway entrance at the southwest corner of 96th & Broadway says, over and over again, "Good morning, AM New York, _______, have a nice day." WHAT IS THE THIRD PHRASE? The best I can make out is "y'all a party".

UPDATE (4/26/09): Mystery solved!!! Many thanks to HS, who had the same question and listened over and over again until it made sense. The answer is "Good morning, AM New York, read all about it, have a nice day." And those of you who suggested just asking her are clearly not from New York.

I both miss and do not miss this about New York. On the other hand, there are all kinds of things I don't understand in Israel (usually because they are said far too fast, not because I don't actually know the words they're using).